Is this paint gun legit, or a piece of junk?

[jason325is]

I found this old paint gun at my dad's last week, I googled it and couldn't find much. It's a Craftsman, made in USA, seems to have been taken care of very well. It claims to be professional grade and says it is intended to use on auto bodies and house exteriors. I'm wondering if this is worthy to paint my bumpers and anything else on my car, or if it's a really a piece of junk. Also, idk if it matters to the performance of the gun, but if I do the painting myself I will be using the highest quality paint I can find. TIA


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[ThaDriver]

Piece of junk.
Might use it for primer, if it'll put out enough volume.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

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[GGray]

WOW that looks like an old one..

I agree primer only gun..

Belive it or not you can buy a not bad gun at Harbour frieght that will spray decent enough to do base clear. I use the small one to paint bicycle frames with spectacular results...

[zarbat007]

If you want a decent gun for around $80-$100 , buy an Astro Evo 4014. The 1.4 tip will handle many paint brands out there.

For around $270-$300, buy Devilbiss GFG-670.

For $400 and up, buy Sata or Iwata guns.

[325bob]

Harbor freight guns are hvlp for $12, if you don't want to clean one, just buy another, and it is as good as my old Devilbiss..

[turbo325ii]

Harbor Freight guns are DIRECT copies of Seta's top of the line... Obviously Harbor freight just uses lower quality materials to produce their guns... From personal experience my harbor freight gun shot just as well as our schools seta's. And like others have said... Just throw them away after the job. U can find them on sale for $14!!!!!

[Reboot330i]

This thread caught my attention and after reading about the success with Harbor Freight air spray guns, I decided to do some browsing on HF's site.

I've learned that most HVLP (High Volume, Low Pressure) seem to be gravity fed with the cup located on the top (hence low pressure). There is one on sale now (http://www.harborfreight.com/20-oz-high-volume-low-pressure-gravity-feed-spray-gun-47016.html) that has some good reviews.

I have found other, more expensive models as well on HF's site and wondered if they are in fact better than the one above.

Thanks for any additional opinions on the Harbor Freight spray guns.

Reboot

[ThaDriver]

Harbor Freight guns are MADE IN CHINA. If you want to be PART OF THE PROBLEM with our economy, & support a COMMUNIST REGIME WITH THE WORLD'S WORST HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD, be my guest.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

China scorecard:
1) Bolts not up to grade. The *aircraft* industry had several failures because they were marked a higher grade than they were. They no longer use imported bolts.
2) Poison pet food.
3) Poison pet food - again.
4) Tires that blow out.
5) Poison toothpaste. Contains the same toxic that's found in anti-freeze.
6) More poison toothpaste. Import of toothpaste was banned from china so they combined it with toothbrushes so that it could be imported as "toothbrushes", to get rid of the poison toothpaste!
7) Toys made of lead. Imported by Mattel.
8) Toys with lead paint & small magnets that can kill children if swallowed. Imported by Fisher Price.
9) Poison pet food - the third time.
10) Poison children's paint sets - sold at Toys R Us.
11) Bugs in candy bars.
12) More (nearly a million recalled) Mattel toys with lead paint.
13) Flip-Flops at wallmart that cause a rash.
14) 1 million baby cribs recalled after 3 children die.
15) About 1.5 million Thomas the tank engine toys.
16) "Play Yards" with strings that strangle children.
17) Happy Giddy Garden toys that - you guessed it - contain lead.
18) Purple haloween pails from Dollar Stores that contain lead.
19) Disney Winnie the Pooh dolls that contain lead.
20) Bead kits that contain lead.
21) 500,000 KB toys wooden blocks.
22) Baby Einstien toys.
23) "Discover & Play" blocks.
24) 1.5 MILLION Cub Scouts "Totem" badges that contain lead.
25) Levels that are NOT LEVEL! Try building a house with that!!!
26) Recall of certain children's items due to a lead exposure risk or entrapment/suffocation/choking hazard. The products include Halloween-themed baskets, children's jewelry, shaving paint brushes, pencil pouches, Boppy pillow slipcovers, flashing pacifiers, and storage racks with canvas totes.
27) COUNTERFEIT smoke detectors! Wonder how many folks have BURNED TO DEATH because of them?
28) You can add chain block that give while lifting a Fiero too. Lucky i wasn't under. Capacity was 2 tons, guy at the store told me that it wasn't meant to lift car. Two tons of car or two tons of S--- what's the difference I answered him. Thing was brand new. - Robert 2 on PFF
**) Hell there's so many on the news every night I can't write them down fast enough! FAR more than I've listed here.

Made in China: NOT gonna' buy ya'.